Quotes about Living

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

The cost of living is first on all of our minds this important year. Yet the President [Nixon] has decided that it is a year for travel. (From Voices of Multicultural America)

God isn't a noun but a process...a continual, infinitely creative outpouring of love and light onto all living things.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it is the only way to live life completely.

Belief is not some respectful salute to a divine being. Belief happens when we place our confidence in God. It is a decision to lean entirely upon the strength of a living and loving Savior.

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15—16 NIV

Belief happens when we place our confidence in God. It is a decision to lean entirely upon the strength of a living and loving Savior.

As I ate she began the first of what we later called "my lessons in living." She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors. She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit. That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.

Detachment involves "present moment living"—living in the here and now. We allow life to happen instead of forcing and trying to control it. We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day.